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Audit finds weak vetting and revenue controls in Miami-Dade school bus camera program; operational review deferred
Summary
An internal audit found the district did not document sufficient vetting of Bus Patrol America LLC before contracting and identified gaps in reconciliation of ticket revenue; auditors recommended enhanced pre-contract vetting and contractual annual independent audits of the vendor. Objective 3 (operational effectiveness) was deferred pending third-party information.
Elvira Sanchez, district director (CPA, CFE), presented an internal audit to the Audit and Budget Advisory Committee on the school bus stop-arm camera program, saying the review covered procurement and revenue use but deferred the program's operational effectiveness test because third-party records remained incomplete. "The program was in effect from 05/08/2024 through 04/17/2025," Sanchez said, noting the latter date was when the sheriff temporarily suspended the program.
The report flagged a lack of evidence that the vendor and the program were sufficiently vetted before Miami-Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS) entered a contract. "We found a lack of evidence that bus patrol and the overall program were sufficiently vetted prior to MDCPS entering a contract with the company,"…
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